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LAUGHTER AND TEARS – PART 1

Posted on December 24, 2010 by Judy

My music is a form of expression that is not about creating a “hit” or contemporary song. I believe that all of my songs are a musical about my life. I do want them to be relatable, but my purpose is to express emotion with lyrics and music that connect to my soul. I have been slowly allowing another song to emerge from the “musical seeds” composed during my youth. I decided something could develop from a haunting, chord progression I composed when I was eighteen. The melody was far too high, and when I transposed the chords – I could see the song would work. Continue reading →

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I REMEMBER YOU STILL LOVE ME

Posted on December 23, 2010 by Judy

Lastly, I went out alone to dinner with my husband last night. I asked him if he wanted to know anything about a song I’d written that “involves him.” He answered exactly as I knew he would. He said, “Don’t embarrass me. I’d rather not hear about it!” Such is love when you have been married thirty years!
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A SOMBER, GRAY SKY DARKENS ABOVE

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Judy

When I was suffering with grief, I didn’t want to hear whether anything “good” came out of a child’s death. At that moment in time, all I wanted was for him to come back to life! Feeling that something “purposeful” could come out of his death would be to acknowledge something selfish. I didn’t want to there to be any purpose or benefit to his death! It was inconceivable. Continue reading →

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SOMEHOW I’M STILL PLAYING

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Judy

Peaches said, “Judy there’s a reason for all of your songs being rediscovered. Another way to look at it is that they were seeds. They weren’t ready to be planted a long time ago, and you couldn’t grow them until they were ready. Now those seeds can blossom, because you finally planted them during this magical time in your life. It is so beautiful that you can nurture and grow them now!”
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